Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Muckrakers


The progressive era was a period of social activism and political reform. Muckrakers are reform mined journalists who exposed misconduct.


George Creel

George Creel was the president of the U.S committee on public information. His major works constisted of "Quatrains of Christ" and "Children in Bondage" 


Lincoln Steffens


Lincoln Steffens covered government and political corruption. His majior works inclded "The Shame of Cities" and "The traito State". 


Ray Stannard
Ray Stannard, also known as David Grayson, covered the Pullman strike, he wrote two autobiographies called "Native American"(1941), and "American Chronicle"(1945)



W.E.B Dubois

W.E.B Dubois mainly focused on Civil rights. His main works included "The souls of Black Folks" and "Black Recostruction in America"
Jane Adams


Jane Was Part of the settlement house movement. She worked on "Twenty years At Hull House" and "Democracy and Social Ethnics"

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